A Salty Dog - "The Milk Of Human Kindness" lyrics

and that to their well-worn cares they should cling

When you knew that I had given all the kindness that I had
did you feel you had to break that lonely vow'
When you knew that I was through
that I'd done all I could do
did you really have to sow that final plough'
Not content with my mistake, you behaved just like a snake
and you left me for a wasp without a sting
Tell all the folks back home that he did it on his own
and that to their well-worn cares they should cling